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Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Ethnic Advocacy Groups
Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Provides information, workers' rights education, health and safety training, leadership development, and worker advocacy.

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Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Leadership Development
Sexual Harassment Prevention
Labor and Employment Law
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Workplace Safety Education
Offers a variety of legal clinics, outlined below. Access to Justice Hybrid Clinic: Students staff either the Help Desk in Erie County Family Court or the Pro Se Assistance Program in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (Buffalo and Rochester). Animal Law Clinic: The Animal Law Clinic focuses on national, state, and local policy addressing animal welfare issues, such as puppy mills, feral and community cats, and former racehorses. Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic: A litigation clinic focused on civil rights and civil liberties, spanning constitutional liberties like free speech, privacy, due process, and statutory civil rights against discrimination. COVID Response Legal Clinic: Student attorneys serve unmet access-to-justice needs of the community, helping individual and families who are facing unexpected legal matters due to the coronavirus. e-Law Center Clinic: Works with diverse companies who are confronting a variety of business challenges specific to startups and early stage high-growth ventures. Environmental Advocacy Clinic: Focuses on state, national, and international environmental policy issues that have a direct impact on Western New York, as well as national and international implications. Family Violence and Women's Rights Law: Focuses on attaining justice and safety for victims of intimate partner violence. Mediation Clinic: Working on cases referred by local courts or other mediation agencies, students help resolve disputes in family law, small claims, and the community. Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic: Provides practical legal research and thoughtful pro bono service through an ongoing collaborative effort to empower a resilient Puerto Rico.

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Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Environmental Law
General Legal Aid
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Education Discrimination Assistance
Mediation
Constitutional Law
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Accessibility Related Standards / Legislation Compliance
Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Corporate / Business Law
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Office investigates harassment complaints and monitors equal employment and affirmative action policy and procedures. It also audits county contracts to maintain participation goals for Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBE), certifies businesses as women or minority owned, and monitors the county's personnel and hiring procedures to assure compliance with the County's affirmative action plan.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Licensing / Certification / Accreditation

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ADA Implementation Assistance
Unemployment Insurance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Provides assistance with LGBTQ legal issues including name change, birth certificate amendments, housing discrimination, healthcare and insurance denials, harassment, and employment discrimination.

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Legal Counseling
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Name/Personal Information Modification Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Birth Certificates
Entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. Enforces continuation of health insurance coverege during leave.

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Family and Medical Leave Act Regulation
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Sexual harassment laws protect all employees at any workplace, and individuals who visit a workplace in the course of their own work such as consultants, delivery drivers, repair technicians, or salespersons.

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Labor and Employment Law
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Works to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Pursues litigation in areas such as: housing, public accommodations, military, public policy, parenting and relationship issues, equal marriage rights, equal employment and domestic partnership benefits, and immigration issues.

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Individual Advocacy
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
LGBTQ Advocacy Groups
Investigates complaints on all modes of discrimination which occur in city of Rye.

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Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Helps individual with complaints when they feel that their constitutional rights have been violated.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Receives and investigates complaints from individuals who believe they have been discriminated against under New York State Human Rights Law.

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Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
The Clinton County Human Rights Commission provides informational assistance and enforcement of State and Federal discrimination laws. The Commission files complaints of discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, military status, age, marital status, disability, prior arrest or conviction record and predisposing genetic characteristics.

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Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Assists individuals when they want to file a discrimination complaint when their civil rights have been violated.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Receives and investigates complaints from individuals who believe they have been illegally discriminated against under New York State or federal human rights laws that apply to employment, housing, public accommodation, education and credit.

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Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Investigates complaints of discrimination by aggrieved individuals. Investigations of discrimination usually begin upon receipt of a complaint. The complaint may be initiated by mail, telephone, or a personal visit to the office. If the initial process reveals that a 'prima facie' (or first instance) case of discrimination has been made, a verified complaint is then accepted. A verified complaint may be filed under Nassau County Administrative Code or under New York State Human Rights Law, under a Memorandum of Understanding with the New York State Division on Human Rights. Throughout the process, every effort is made to resolve the matter through persuasion and conciliation. The Investigations Unit also conducts training sessions among county agencies and in the private sector, to promote equality of treatment and access, to all people. Contact the Investigations Unit, if you have any questions or believe that you have been the victim of unlawful discriminatory acts. Call for more detailed information.

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Housing Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Will offer referrals to needed services in the community, help with claims against employers who discriminate and/or do not pay, help file police reports if they are robbed or assaulted, etc.

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General Benefits Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Individual Advocacy
Assists individuals when they want to file a discrimination complaint when their civil rights have been violated.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
WNYCOSH provides occupational safety & health training and technical assistance for employers, unions, and community groups throughout WNY on over 80 topics.

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Chemicals Information
Sexual Harassment Prevention
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Work Hazards Consultation
Provides assistance for people who have been discriminated against in Westchester County who believe that they have been denied equal access to employment or that they have been treated unfairly as employees, i.e., that they were sexually harassed or denied equal pay for equal work, passed over for a promotion, denied training opportunities or fired on the basis of their age, gender, race or ethnic origin, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or status as a victim of domestic violence.
The Albany County Human Rights Commission provides informational assistance and enforcement of State and Federal discrimination laws. The Commission files complaints of discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, military status, age, marital status, disability, prior arrest or conviction record and predisposing genetic characteristics.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Will offer referrals to needed services in the community, help with claims against employers who discriminate and/or do not pay, help file police reports if they are robbed or assaulted, etc.

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General Benefits Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Individual Advocacy
Assists individuals when they want to file a discrimination complaint when their civil rights have been violated.

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Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Genetic Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Investigation of unlawful discriminatory practices relating to housing, employment and public accommodation. Committed to reducing tension and conflict among or between various groups in community. Confidential complaints process for persons experiencing discrimination. Organizes Stop Prejudice Now awareness program.

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Constitutional / Civil Rights Groups
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance